“Tell everyone that there is still a place in the Kingdom of Romania which has not bowed to Communism. As long as our heads are on our shoulders, this corner of the country will be free. Tell the people not to lose faith, for the day will come when the whole of Romania will be free. Pray God for it, so help us God.” --Ioan Gavrila Ogoranu, Romanian anti-communist fighter 1923-2006

Thursday, February 5, 2009

And This Is How America's Defeat Has Begun

Major rift regarding the course of action Iraq between CENTCOM commander Gen. Petraeus, Def. Sec. Robert Gates, top commander in Iraq Gen. Odierno on one side and The Annointed Obamessiah on the other side:

CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months at an Oval Office meeting Jan. 21. But Obama informed Gates, Petraeus and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen that he wasn’t convinced and that he wanted Gates and the military leaders to come back quickly with a detailed 16-month plan, according to two sources who have talked with participants in the meeting.

Obama’s decision to override Petraeus’s recommendation has not ended the conflict between the president and senior military officers over troop withdrawal, however. There are indications that Petraeus and his allies in the military and the Pentagon, including Gen. Ray Odierno, now the top commander in Iraq, have already begun to try to pressure Obama to change his withdrawal policy.A network of senior military officers is also reported to be preparing to support Petraeus and Odierno by mobilising public opinion against Obama’s decision.Read the rest here

Clearly, the former community activist from Chicago believes he has more experience on the ground than the US Generals who fought and won the battle in Iraq.I pity the poor Iraqis who foolishly believed America is a reliable friend. The killing fields, the hills made of human skulls and other niceties perpetrated by Pol Pot in Cambodia (another darling of the American left) will be nothing when compared with what's coming to Iraq.